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10 Tuesday September 12 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi PEGASUS POST News FEELING ALIVE: Amber-Rose Te Huia makes friends and community connections at YAT. New Brighton youth trust grateful for $40,000 grant NEW BRIGHTON’S Youth Alive Trust has been granted $40,000 towards operational costs from the Rata Foundation. Youth Alive Trust is a youth and community development agency serving hundreds of children, young people and families every week through its many programmes. A small team of staff is supported by an army of James Ridpath volunteers who want to make their community a better place. James Ridpath, YAT’s manager, says the agency provides opportunities for young people to come together in a safe and friendly environment, off the streets, and make friends with other young people from different schools, while helping parents to connect across communities. He says stability around funding streams is important to community organisations. Mr Ridpath believes everyone has potential and that east Christchurch youth in particular have had it tough. YAT works with hundreds of young people and families every week, supporting them through a range of activities to build their resilience. “Our programme aims at developing empathy in young people and changing the view of their world,” he said. Amber-Rose Te Huia knows better than most how good the programme can be for young people. “I stumbled through the doors one day when I was about 8 and it felt like coming home, I felt supported and connected to my community here, in a way I had never experienced before.” Miss Te Huia came back to the programme as a volunteer after the Christchurch earthquakes, which had left New Brighton like a ‘ghost town’ and fractured the community. She like, many others, was looking for the kind of stability provided through support and social connection in a safe environment. “There are so many things in life you can’t control – home, school, your world shaking, but YAT provides a constant environment and a really tight-knit kind of family you can rely on,” Miss Te Huia said. Even at her young age she recognises the value the programme extends far beyond childhood. “When people are well supported, they have a better opportunity to participate positively in the community. With so much shut down in this area, YAT provides young people with activities they can engage with and each other.” Surf safety app up for innovation award • By Sophie Cornish SOUTH NEW Brighton Surf Life Saving Club has been nominated for an innovation award for its creation of a health and safety app. The DHL innovation of the year award is a category at the 2017 Surf Life Saving Awards for Excellence, which will take place in Auckland on September 23. Club president Rohan McNaughtan said the idea for the app came about following changes to health and safety legislation. “We became aware that our risk and hazard identification wasn’t really up to scratch,” he said. The app, which can be accessed from any mobile device, is used mainly by coaches before a training session. Details such as the weather conditions, surf conditions, safety hazards, the number of people training and what appropriate clothing they are wearing is recorded. Photos are also taken and saved into the app which provide proof that appropriate safety measures have been taken in case something goes wrong. “If the worst did happen, it shows that we did take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of people training,” Mr Mc- Naughtan said. Injuries and near misses are also a part of the app, another important health and safety factor. “This allows us to look back and say actually there’s a pattern here, maybe we should do something differently. A bit of accountability never goes astray, particularly when you’ve got 100 kids in the water,” Mr Mc- Naughtan said. Creating the app was about finding the easiest way possible to store the information. Previously, pen and paper would be used. However, the beach is not always the best environment for these materials. Funding from the app came from Surf Life Saving New Zealand, which enjoyed the idea but let the South New Brighton club do the production. Other local clubs including Sumner and New Brighton are registered to use the app and there is talk of it being used in Dunedin this summer as well. The 2017 Surf Life Saving New Zealand Awards of Excellence will feature lifesaving, sport and service awards. Some of the top awards include NZ Lottery Grants Board lifeguard of the year, DHL volunteer of the year and the BP surf rescue of the year DOWNLOAD: South New Brighton Surf Life Saving Club has been nominated for an innovation award for its new health and safety smart phone app. Hagley Senior College INFORMATION EVENING Thursday, September 21st | 5:00-7:00pm Principal’s Presentations are at 5:00 and 6:00pm www.hagley.school.nz
PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday September 12 2017 11 News OPPORTUNITY: (From left) – Jane Gregg, director of Life in Vacant Trust; Jeremy Brown, general manager Canterbury Recovery Group at LINZ; Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner and Christchurch East MP Poto Williams get a tour of the new land made available to the LiVS Trust. Large area of red zone land handed to trust CANTABRIANS ARE a step closer to reconnecting with the residential red zone land thanks to a joint effort between the Government and a local trust, Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner says. On Sunday, Ms Wagner handed over 90,000m2 on Brooker Ave, in Burwood, to the Life in Vacant Spaces Trust. “Land Information New Zealand and LiVS have been working together for some time to create a space within the red zone for community projects,” Ms Wagner says. “This area was once home to thousands of people and while about 30 private property owners remain, the land is largely vacant and underutilised. “This is an opportunity to breathe life back into the area while encouraging the community to think more about how we use it in the longrun. “It also ties in with work by Regenerate Christchurch to develop a regeneration plan for the area.” LiVS, which uses vacant land to create exciting and entrepreneurial transitional projects, has been granted a yearlong licence to use the site. Projects will likely focus on community recreation, health and wellbeing, nature and conservation, and art. Success for SBHS band • By Sophie Cornish WHAT STARTED out as a project to gain NCEA achievement standards has grown into a success story for Shirley Boys’ High School band Fuzhun. After being together for only three months, the band competed in their first competition in July last year at the Smokefreerockquest regionals in Canterbury, where they took out first place and advanced to the national finals. This year they have achieved even more, winning regionals again and advancing through to nationals in Auckland on September 2. There, lead vocalist Gideon Valavala won the award for best vocalist, pocketing $1000 prize money. The boys also competed at the Smokefree Pacifica Beats nationals which took place on the same weekend, taking out first place in the New Zealand Music Commission best song award for their original track Champion Sound. They received $500 in prize money. Music teacher at Shirley Boys’ Brad Bates said the project began as a way for the boys to gain NCEA credits. “It was a project-based idea where we could get them in a band and if they contribute and write a song together, they could Gideon’s big moment •From page 1 The winning song champion sound was written by Gideon in a day, right before the heats for the regional Smokefreerockquest in Canterbury. Gideon hopes to pursue with singing in the future, whether it be becoming a solo artist, progressing as a band with Fuzhun after high school or travelling around with his church band. Inspiration for his songs HAVING FUN: Fuzhun performing at Smokefreerockquest. get competition and group performance credits,” he said. Mr Bates is proud of what the boys have achieved. “The simply formed a band and kept things rolling,” he said. Local musician Jed Parson has been mentoring the group and providing assistance at rehearsals. Band members include Gideon Valavala (guitar and vocals), Tasipale Valavala (drums), Michael Mose (vocals), Loutoa Osai (bass), Temuera Hay (lead guitar), Josh Mosa’ati (vocals) and Keenan Jarvis (vocals). The band’s success has gained them opportunities within the community, including performing in front of 70,000 people at Sparks in the Park in February is gained from a variety of artists and music he listens to. “I listen to all sorts of artists, it doesn’t faze me what I listen to, it gives me a lot of ideas for what I can use for our band. It could be anything from old school music like James Brown, Queen, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra or new school people like Bruno Mars and hip-hop artists like Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole,” he said. of this year. A member of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra arranged one of their songs and performed it with them at the event. In March they also performed at the Linwood Youth Festival, an annual celebration of culture within the community. The band is made up of year 12 and year 13 students. Four members will return to school next year and three will be leaving, however, the band hopes they can still perform together at future events. Mr Bates is optimistic about the depth in Shirley Boys’ music and that they will be able to form with another group and compete at Smokefreerockquest in 2018. WINNER: Gideon Valavala with his award for best vocalist. Wai: We care “ When I was a kid I used to love building dams and swimming in creeks – now that I have my own children I want to start giving back. ” What’s your wai? Canterbury’s water zone committees are looking for new community members, visit ecan.govt.nz/waiwecare before 8 October and let us know wai you care. Suzanne Furkert, Christchurch West Melton Water Zone Committee member
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